Matthew Biel, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Specialties

Primary Specialty: 

Pediatric Psychiatry

Secondary Specialty: 

Psychiatry

Special Interests

• Child, adolescent and adult psychiatry
• Child and adolescent development
• Mood and anxiety disorders
• Trauma and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Psychosomatic illness and psychiatric care of the medically ill child

Education

Medical School:

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2002

Internship:

New York University School of Medicine, 2003

Residency:

New York University School of Medicine, 2005

Fellowship:

New York University School of Medicine, 2007

Certification(s):

Psychiatry and Neurology, 2007
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2009

Awards

• Washingtonian Magazine – Top Psychiatry Doctors Award – 2012 Read More >

Profile Information

Languages: Spanish

Contact/Office Information

1-202-944-5400

MedStar Georgetown Psychiatry at Wisconsin Ave.
Psychiatry
2115 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20007

Department Web Pages:

• Pediatric Psychiatry
• Psychiatry

Additional Information

Dr. Biel is Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics. He is also the Director of Residency Training for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Director of the Pediatric Psychosomatic Medicine program at MedStar Georgetown. Dr. Biel has clinical and research interests in autism spectrum disorders, mood and anxiety disorders in children and families, trauma and PTSD, reducing health care disparities, and exploring the relationships between physical illnesses and psychiatric symptoms in children.

He is active in medical education in the Georgetown University School of Medicine and is a core faculty member in MedStar Georgetown's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, General Psychiatry, and Psychosomatic Medicine training programs. Dr. Biel received a B.A. in Spanish and History at Amherst College before attending medical school at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he also received a Master's of Science in Community Medicine. He then trained in both General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine. He is board certified in General Psychiatry and in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.